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13-letter words containing p, l, a, n, t

  • skepticalness — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
  • slip trailing — the act of decorating an object with a poured stream of slip.
  • slipper satin — a fine satin fabric with a mat finish
  • slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
  • southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
  • space blanket — a plastic insulating body wrapping coated on one or both sides with aluminium foil which reflects back most of the body heat lost by radiation: carried by climbers, mountaineers, etc, for use in cases of exposure or exhaustion
  • spastic colon — a chronic condition of recurring abdominal pain with constipation or diarrhoea or both
  • special agent — an investigator in a law enforcement agency.
  • spectral line — a line in a spectrum due to the absorption or emission of light at a discrete frequency.
  • sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
  • splitting adz — a heavy stone tool used by prehistoric peoples in northwestern North America and northeastern Asia.
  • spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • spotter plane — an aircraft used in observing enemy movements or the accuracy of fire on a target
  • stader splint — a splint consisting of an adjustable metal rod with a steel pin at either end for insertion in the bone above and below a fracture.
  • standard lamp — A standard lamp is a tall electric light which stands on the floor in a living room.
  • standard lisp — A subset of Lisp 1.5 developed by A. Hearn primarily for implementing REDUCE. It was replaced by Portable Sandard LISP.
  • star-spangled — spangled with stars.
  • stenopetalous — having narrow petals.
  • stone parsley — a parsley, Sison amomum, of Eurasia, bearing aromatic seeds that are used as a condiment.
  • string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
  • subpopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • sunray pleats — bias-cut knife pleats that are narrower at the top than at the bottom, producing a flared effect, used esp for skirts
  • supermilitant — highly militant
  • supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
  • superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
  • supplantation — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
  • supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
  • suppositional — the act of supposing.
  • supranational — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
  • suprarational — not understandable by reason alone; beyond rational comprehension.
  • synophthalmia — cyclopia.
  • syphilization — the act of syphilizing
  • table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
  • tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
  • talking point — a fact or feature that aids or supports one side, as in an argument or competition.
  • tangent plane — tangent (def 4).
  • tapioca-plant — the cassava, Manihot esculenta.
  • tattie-peelin — (esp of speech) highfalutin, affected, or pretentious
  • technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
  • telencephalic — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
  • telencephalon — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
  • telephone tag — repeated unsuccessful attempts by two persons to connect with one another by telephone.
  • teleportation — to transport (a body) by telekinesis.
  • temperamental — having or exhibiting a strongly marked, individual temperament.
  • temple orange — a hybrid fruit, Citrus nobilis, that is a cross between the sweet orange and the tangerine.
  • temporal bone — either of a pair of thick compound bones forming the part of the skull that encases the inner ear.
  • tennis player — sportsperson who plays tennis
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